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Household waste is pictured on December 9, 2016 at the Waste Selective Sorting Matter Repurposing and Energy Unit (Unite de Tri Valorisation Matieres et Energies, TVME), a new high-tech waste disposal facility in Henin-Beaumont, on its opening day.
The unit, built by French electric utility company EDF subsidiary Tiru, will eventually process 100,000 tons of household waste and bulky waste per year from the 310,000 inhabitants of 82 municipalities in the urban agglomeration communities of Henin-Carvin, Douaisis and Osartis-Marquion. The project was supported by Symevad, the local authority's mixed association of waste disposal and repurposing. / AFP PHOTO / DENIS CHARLETDENIS CHARLET/AFP/Getty Images